Common Core Standards Already Being Taught Despite Political Controversy, Survey Shows
Posted: 08/07/2013 12:01 am EDT
As politicians bicker over the controversial Common Core education standards, some states are already well into the process of teaching them, according to a report released Wednesday.
The latest spat over Common Core, developed by states and encouraged by the federal government, came last week, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) calling Republican pushback a "knee-jerk" reaction, according to The Wall Street Journal. “If the president likes something, the Republicans in Congress don’t, and if the Republicans in Congress like something, the president doesn’t,” Christie told an audience of charter school supporters.
Forty-six states and Washington, D.C., have adopted some form of Common Core, designed to prepare students for a global economy by equipping them with critical thinking skills. Wednesday's reports, released by George Washington University's Center on Education Policy, show that the majority of these states are putting resources toward training teachers to teach Common Core, a key tenet of the standards revamp. Teachers in some states are already using Common Core and